The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 343

Liu Zhilun knew that the reason why Qin Yuyi did not go to sea with them was to wait for the cannons to arrive at the port. He believed that the artillery of the Ming army would multiply in a few days.

He waved his arms and shouted loudly: "Hit, hit me hard! General Song, there is no need to save gunpowder. I didn't bring other things this time. I brought you [-] catties of high-quality gunpowder produced by the Bingzhan Bureau." .”

Gunpowder is not easy to produce. The output of the gunpowder produced by the Huang family is not high, and the "Red Banner Army" can barely cope with it. They always think about saving.

Knowing that Huang Han relied heavily on firearms in battle, Liu Zhilun specially asked for [-] catties from the Daming Gunpowder Store to be transported by himself, and it would be delivered to the Jinzhou front line in two days.

Knowing that the imperial court had given a large amount of gunpowder, the artillerymen got excited and fired faster.

Amidst the rumbling cannons, the big traitor Ma Guangpu's face was ashen. He had already realized that his hundred catties might have to be handed over to Jinzhou City.

He originally hid behind the Hongyi cannon, but later found that the Ming army's artillery shells were looking for the cloth fire cannon at the head of Jinzhou City, and immediately left the fort far away.

Ma Guangpu's confidant soldiers carried iron shields, and whenever the Ming army fired artillery, he and his soldiers would lie down and use iron shields to protect their bodies as much as possible.

They were lucky, and only three of them were wounded because they deliberately kept a distance from the gun emplacements.

Sensing that the Ming army's shelling stopped, Ma Guangpu immediately ran out to check the damage, and found that none of the dozens of cannons of different sizes could still be used. superior.

The traitor understood that the Ming army was preparing to bombard Jinzhou's fortified cannons in turn to clear away the threat for the next attack.

Presumably the Ming army will repeat the same trick tomorrow, and they may continue to bombard the artillery positions at the head of Jinzhou City in another direction.

You can't sit back and watch the Ming army destroy all the cannons, you have to find a way.

Ma Guangpu and more than a dozen Jiannu generals gathered together again to discuss countermeasures. Everyone's face was not good-looking. The Jiannu all knew what today's shelling meant.

Na Hai spoke, his voice was a little hoarse, "My lords, the Ming army destroyed all the cannons that our army placed at the top of Yong'an Gate today.

Presumably they will continue to do this tomorrow. As for which direction to choose, we still don’t know. How our army will respond tomorrow, please express your opinions. "

There was silence, no one answered, and the venue was deadly silent.

Jiannu didn't know why the Ming army's artillery was so accurate. They all stared at Ma Guangpu, thinking that the Han army's gunners didn't do their best, or they were greedy for life and fear of death and dared not engage in artillery battles, which led to such a huge disparity in strength.

The traitor Ma also didn't know that the Ming army camp would have smoothbore cannons with far better performance than the Hongyi cannons. The shooting accuracy and range have been improved. It is an indisputable fact that today's artillery battle is completely suppressed. He faced other Jiang Zuo's questioning gaze was speechless.

Seeing that no one could come up with an idea, Nahai could only talk about it himself, he said: "Can we try to cover the artillery tonight, either with straw mats or cloth, so that it will be difficult for the Ming army's artillery to shoot accurately?" hit our artillery."

Ma Guangpu's eyes lit up, and he said: "My lord, I suggest that the easy-to-move Fran cannons should be moved to the lower part of the city, and deployed in a position directly facing the city gate. When the Ming army makes a big attack, they will always fortify and open the city." At that time, the gunners of the Han army can shoot and kill the Ming army entering the gate hole."

"That's a good idea. The artillery stays at the top of the city and waits for the Ming army to attack. It's better to hide it on the street facing the city gate."

"I can cover it up with wood to make it look like a Hongyi cannon. At night, I will arrange some fake cannons at the top of the city to pretend to be emplacements. When the Ming army bombards tomorrow, I won't be able to find out where the real cannons are. The Hongyi cannon that was being transported was spared."

Na Haidao: "Good idea, it's not easy for the Ming army to destroy our cannons. They don't know how many shells they have to fire to be effective. Sir Ma, I heard that even the best Hongyi cannons have a lifespan. Yes, it will be scrapped after firing a certain number of shells, right?"

Ma Guangpu affirmed: "That's true. In order to destroy our artillery positions, the Ming army fired too frequently and failed to keep them in order. It is unknown how many artillery pieces will be scrapped."

"There is no moon tonight. As long as our people stay away from the crenel, it will not be easy to be hit by the self-generated guns of the Ming army. Ma, you must withdraw the artillery that can be transported before dawn, and arrange the fake artillery. At that time, we will have to Let's see how effective the Ming army's artillery can be."

Ma Guangpu suggested: "I don't think it is necessary for our army to force all the Han troops to be bombarded at the top of the city and cause casualties. We can leave a few people to observe the movement outside the city.

The rest of the people gathered in the caves under the city wall, and when the Ming army launched an attack, they rushed to the top of the city to deploy defenses.

In this way, the losses caused by the Ming army's bombardment to our army will be minimized tomorrow. "

Of course, Nahai saw the tragedy of the defenders at the top of the city after being attacked by shells today, and he thought it was necessary to adjust the deployment, and there was no need to leave too many people at the top of the city to be bombed stupidly.

He nodded and said: "I agree with Mr. Ma's opinion, but I want to make a correction. It is not only the Han army who stayed at the top of the city, but my Eight Banners also stood at the top of the city, and the casualties during the day were not small."

Ma Guangpu said: "The duty of the Han army is to fire cannons, raise guns, and fire blunderbusses to attack the Ming army from a long distance. They should stand firm at the top of the city. What I mean is to make some modifications to minimize casualties when they find that the Ming army's artillery fire is fierce. .”

"I understand that tomorrow I will order all the guards to avoid artillery fire, and no longer emphasize that everyone is not allowed to leave the city. It is recommended to leave a few reliable people to monitor the movement of the Ming army, and when there is any change in the Ming army Just be able to quickly notify the chief officer."

Jiannu did what he said, and immediately led by Ma Guangpu, 4000 people came down to the city to dismantle and transport the artillery. They were busy all night.

With the anticipation of being black-gunned by the Ming army, they made all possible preparations. The iron shield and the dummies deliberately exposed attracted a lot of miniature bullets.

Most people in the later Jin army knew that there was a gap between changing guns or reloading just after the sound of the Ming army's guns, and it would be much safer to run quickly at this time.

Therefore, the number of Jiannu who were beaten to death at night was really limited. When they got busy to the east, when the white belly appeared, they really transported away the Flang machine running less than two thousand catties, and successfully placed many fake gun emplacements.

Only seven Hongyi cannons weighing more than [-] jin were left on the three city walls, and the remaining thirty or so Fran cannons of various sizes were carried down from the top of the city and deployed on the street facing the four city gates. It is inevitable that the Ming army was hit head-on by these artillery when they broke in, causing heavy casualties.

(End of this chapter)